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Mar-April Entry SAT-RECON CZAKO ISLANDS

Composite Satellite Recon photos of the Czako Islands on Pars Planaris in the Fovea Centralis System.
Priority: establish a high security research center outside of Central Control.
Goal: genetic manipulation of unknown organism found by deep-space probe.
Assesment: What could possibly go wrong?

I started with the InkBlots from Jaxilon, grabbed a bunch of textures from cgTextures, and did a lot of Cut-n-Paste.

That's pretty impressive how you just layered those together and got a great effect. The only thing that jars my eyes is the way the land and sea hit one another. Could you have some of the sea bed showing up through the water? I think if you can pull it off that would be pretty cool and help tie everything together.

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden